Example sentences of "[vb past] been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something to do with what he 'd been through in some war . |
| 2 | But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing . |
| 3 | Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound . |
| 4 | Anyway , er they we , they moved out last Friday so this week when he rang me , they 'd been round past the hotel and er there 's walls being knocked down ! |
| 5 | If we 'd been around in Nelson 's day he 'd have given his right arm for a copy . |
| 6 | I gathered that he 'd been around in some pretty exciting — oh , do you mean he might have made that up , too ? |
| 7 | William always went that step further into life 's nightmares , and he 'd been closer to it , to start with . |
| 8 | She 'd been here on Friday , and he had n't ! |
| 9 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 10 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 11 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 12 | They were a striking couple — tall , slim and very , very pale against old hands who 'd been here for days or even weeks . |
| 13 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 14 | Why , it was almost half-past ten , yet there was no Ace , nor any signs that he 'd been downstairs before her . |
| 15 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 16 | ‘ Only that you could n't help the police very much because you 'd been away for a couple of days , ’ said Melissa . |
| 17 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 18 | I done it to I done it to Russell one night messing around and he told the girls in work I 'd been away for the weekend and he 'd had somebody else there honest to God he did ! |
| 19 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 20 | He 'd been away at the time of the murder but if , as seemed likely , he 'd been having an affair with Angy … suppose he was married and his wife had found out , and taken the opportunity while her husband was absent to do away with her rival ? |
| 21 | I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here . |
| 22 | Within an hour of sitting down at my old desk , reading through my old files and shouting at my not so old secretary I felt as if I 'd been away from work for maybe just a week 's holiday . |
| 23 | But when we moved in here , because I 'd been away from him for five months and I 'd learned to cope for myself , I started standing up for myself and he did n't like it . |
| 24 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 25 | He 'd been right about Bryce . |
| 26 | I 'd seen no sign of Mala , but I had n't expected it , since she 'd been right about us being less obvious if we were apart . |
| 27 | How could she confess that they 'd been right about Ryan ? |
| 28 | He 'd been right about the shelter of the hedge . |
| 29 | I 'd been right about the biological cleaners . |
| 30 | I 'd been right about Lloyd 's two-tone shoes though I had expected him to put socks on , and I was wrong about the hat — it was a white Panama . |